IF YOU CAN SEE THIS go to /sfa/Nuprl/Shared/Xindentation_hack_doc.html
At:
select nth tl2 1. T : Type
2. T List
3. u : T 4. v : T List
5. n:{0...||v||}, i:(||v||-n). nth_tl(n;v)[i] = v[(i+n)]
n:{0...||v||+1}, i:(||v||+1-n). nth_tl(n;u.v)[i] = (u.v)[(i+n)]